sondear
Spanish, verb/sondeˈaɾ/
sondear is spelled S-O-N-D-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 56,127th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sondear is a Spanish verb meaning “to sound, to probe (test with a probe)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Echar el escandallo al agua para averiguar la profundidad y la calidad del fondo”.
What does sondear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sound, to probe (test with a probe)
- 2
to plumb, to fathom (to measure something's depth)
- 3
to sound out (to figure out someone's intent, mood, opinion or preference usually indirectly)
- 4
to canvass (conduct a survey)
- 5
to plumb, to explore (e.g. the depths of)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Echar el escandallo al agua para averiguar la profundidad y la calidad del fondo. 2. Averiguar la naturaleza del subsuelo con una sonda. 3. Introducir en el cuerpo por algunos conductos, naturales o accidentales, instrumentos de formas especiales y de diversas materias, para combatir estrecheces, destruir obstáculos que se oponen al libre ejercicio de la función de un órgano, o para conducir al interior substancias líquidas o gaseosas, y otras veces para extraerlas. 4. Inquirir y rastrear con cautela y disimulo la intención, habilidad o discreción de uno, o las circunstancias y estado de una cosa.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sondear
- sondeo first-person present singular
- sondeé first-person preterite singular
- sondeado participle past
- sondeando gerund
- sondeada feminine participle past
- sondeados masculine participle past
- sondeadas feminine participle past
- sondeas indicative informal present
- sondeás indicative informal present
- sondea indicative present singular
- sondeamos first-person indicative plural
- sondeáis indicative plural present
- sondean indicative plural present
- sondeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- sondeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- sondeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sondeabais imperfect indicative plural
- sondeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sondear?
- /sondeˈaɾ/
- [sõn̪.d̪eˈaɾ]
- [sõn̪d̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sondear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sondear in Spanish?
sondear appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).